A seed dispersal effectiveness framework across the mutualism–antagonism continuum

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 2022; no. 9
• Main Authors: van Leeuwen, Casper H. A., Villar, Nacho, Mendoza Sagrera, Irene, Green, Andy J., Bakker, Elisabeth S., Soons, Merel B., Galetti, Mauro, Jansen, Patrick A., Nolet, Bart A., Santamaría, Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Angiosperms; Antagonism; Anthropogenic factors; Data collection; digestive system; Dispersion; Effectiveness; eSDE framework; Evolution; folivory; Frameworks; Frugivores; frugivory; granivores; Granivory; Hoarding behavior; Human influences; Mutualism; Plant species; Plants; plant–animal interaction; scatter-hoarding; Scattering; Seed dispersal; Seeds; Symbiosis; Vertebrates
• ISSN: 0030-1299; 1600-0706
• DOI: 10.1111/oik.09254

Many angiosperms rely on vertebrates for seed dispersal via gut passage, an interaction that has been traditionally classified as a mutualism. The seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) framework provides a mechanistic approach to evaluate evolutionary and ecological characteristics of animal‐mediated s...